Automobile-wheel



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AUTOMOBILE WHEEL. 4 APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1 920.

Patented Dec, 21, 1920.

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l. KOGOLSHSEK.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILEDv A.uG.1A9, 1920.

Patented Dec. 21,1920.

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were sr JOSEPH KOGOLSISEK, OF KLEIN, MONTANA.

AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented De. 21, 1920 Application filedAugust 19, 1920. Serial No. 404,516.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josnrri Koeonsrisnk, a citizen of Jugo-Slavia,residing at Klein, in the county of Musselshell and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in fiutomobile-Vheels,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements :in wheelsespecially constructed for usek upon automobiles, the saine embodyingcushioned spoke members and extensible rim sections with the usualpneumatic tire supported on the rim sections.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a wheel especiallyadapted for automobiles, a series of resiliently mounted spokes with rimsupporting shoes at the outer ends of the spokes while rim sections havetheir ends slidably retained within the shoes with the clencher flangesof the tire shoe secured within the sectional rim members.

With the above and other objects in view.I the present inventionconsists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section of an automobilewheel constructed in accordance with the present invention,

F ig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line H-Il of Fig. 1 showingthe resilient spoke construction with the tire supported at the outerend thereof,

Fio'. 3 is a side elevational view of a portion of the tire with theinner section of one spoke partially broken away and shown in section,

Fig. A1 is a sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3 showing theextensible connections between. the spoke shoe and the rim sections andFig. 5 is an edge elevational view of the inner hub structure of thewheel with the outer spoke sections and tire removed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, and particularlyto Figs. 1, 2, and 5, there is illustrated a wheel, especially designedfor use upon automobiles embodying a hub section including a centralbearing 6 with tubular radial sockets 7 projecting therefrom andconnected adjacent the base portions thereof by web members 8. The outerends of the tubular sockets 7 are diametrically slotted as at 9 forpurposes presently to appear, the slots 9 extending in the samedirection and having their axes at right angles to the major aXis of thewheel hub 6.

The tubular sockets 7 constitute the inner sections of spoke members,the outer sections of which are in the form of rods 10, each eX- tendinginto an adjacent socket 7 and having a head 11 engaging a coil spring 12that is compressed by engagement at its other end with the lower end ofthe socket member 7 as shown in Fig. 2. In order to retain the headedend 11 of the spoke rod 10 within the tubular socket 7, the outer end ofthe socket is closed by a plug 13 having a transverse slot 14,- thatregisters with the slotted sides 9 of the socket while a relativelyshort coil spring 15 is arranged between the head 11 and the plug 13 tocushion the rod 10 in its movement in opposite directions.

rlie tire rim and mounting therefor vincludes a shoe 16 of arcuateformation and concentric with the hub 6, the shoe being channel-sliapedin cross section and carrying intermediate the ends thereof a pair ofinwardly directed ears 17 between which the outer end of the rod 10 ispivotally mounted as at 18. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the oppositesides of the shoe 16 are provided with elongated slots 19 at oppositesides of the ears 17. Rim sections 20 of channelshape in cross sectionand curved concentric with the hub 6 have meeting ends of adjacentsections slidably received within a shoe 1 6 while pins 21projectingvfrom the opposite sides of the rim sections 2O at the endsthereof freely project through the slots 19 in the shoes 16 to permit asliding movement of the rim sections in the shoe with the pin and slotconnection between the elements guiding the relative movements thereofand also limiting such movements. Any preferred type of tire may bemounted upon the rim sections 20, there being illustrated, a pneumatictire embodying a shoe 22 having the usual inflatable inner tube 23 andbase flanges 24 secured within the side walls of the channel rimsections 20 while an inflating valve 25 shown in Fig. 1 extends througha rim section and communicates with the tube 23.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believedthat the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, itbeing noted that the spoke rod sections 10 are resiliently mountedwithin the tubular sockets 7 and are cushioned in their movements inopposite directions. Circumferential strains received upon the wheeltread are compensated by the capability of a slight circumferentialmovement of the spoke sections 10 relative to the sockets 7, afforded bythe slotted walls 9 in the tubular sockets 7 and the slots 14 in thesocket plugs 13, the pivotal connection 1S between the outer sections ofthe spokes and the spoke slices while the extensible sliding connectionsbetween the spoke slices and the rim sections will cause the majority ofshocks and jars to be absorbed by the wheel, due t0 the deforming' ofthe tire tread.

lVhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it `is nevertheless to be understood `that minor changesmay bc made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A `cushion wheel of the type described comprising a hub section,tubular sockets carried thereby, spoke rods slidable within saidsockets, cushion springs within said sockets for resiliently supportingsaid rods, arcuate shoes `pivotally mounted upon the outer ends oftherods, rim sections slidably associated with said shoes and a tiresupported -on the rim sections.

2. A cushion wheel of the type described comprising a hub section,tubular sockets carried thereby, spoke rods slidable within saidsockets, cushionsprings within said sockets for resiliently supporting`said rods, arcuate shoes pivotally mounted upon the outer ends of therods, rim sections slidably associated with said shoes, a tire supportedon thev rim sections and pin and slot connections between the spokeshoes and rim sections. p

8. A cushion wheel of the type described comprising` a hub section,tubular sockets carried thereby, spoke rods slidable within saidsockets, cushion springs within said sockets `for resiliently supportingsaid rods, arcuate shoes pivotally mounted upon the outer ends of therods, rim sections slidably associated with said shoes, a tire supportedon the rim sections,the spoke shoes and rim sections being cooperativelyconstructed to permit a slidinglimited movement between the slices andrim sections.

LL. Acushion wheel of the type described comprising a hub section,tubular sockets carried thereby, spoke rods slidable within saidsockets, cushion springs within said sockets for resiliently supportingsaid rods, arcuate shoes pivotally mounted upon the outer ends of therods, rim sections slidably associated with said shoes, a tire supportedon the rim sections, the outer ends of the tubular sockets being slottedto permit a circumferential movement of the spoke rods relative to thetubular sockets.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

JOSEPH KOGOLSHSEK

